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2019 Football Roster

87 Matt Jones

  • Position Tight End
  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 265
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Omaha, Neb.
  • Prev School Gretna HS (Hutchinson CC)
  • Major Sports & Leisure Studies / Kinesiology

Biography

At Midwestern State

Academic Awards

LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (1): 2019 (F)

Junior (2019)

competed in each of MSU's 11 games as a reserve tight end... made one reception for 26 yards in a 28-13 win over Western New Mexico (11/9)... played a role in an offensive line unit that paved the way for an attack that averaged 364.1 yards of total offense including 238.9 through the air and 125.2 on the ground... o-line unit ranked third in the Lone Star Conference and 41st in NCAA Division II allowing 1.45 sacks per game...

At Hutchinson Community College

Sophomore (2018)

returned to Hutchinson CC after playing four seasons in the Los Angeles Dodgers farm system... competed in 11 games as an offensive lineman, tight end and punter... averaged 35.6 yards on 71 punts placing 20 inside the 20-yard line (28.2 percent)... forced 18 fair catches and had seven touchbacks...

With Los Angeles Dodgers Organization

played four seasons in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization... selected in the 25th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft... hit .250 with 31 doubles, 20 home runs and 89 RBIs in three seasons as a hitter... named a Pioneer League Mid-Season and Postseason All Star (Rookie League) for Ogden in 2015 hitting .300 with 18 doubles, 11 homers and 47 RBIs in 2015... had a .219 average and .352 on-base percentage while hitting 11 doubles and nine homers while driving in 38 runs in first season in Class A in the Midwest League with Great Lakes in 2016... returned to Ogden to transition to pitching in 2017 going 2-1 with a 1.35 ERA allowing three earned runs on 16 hits in 20 innings with 15 strikeouts and 10 walks in 2017...

At Hutchinson Community College

Redshirt Freshman (2014)

hit .372 with 10 home runs and 50 RBIs in lone baseball season at Hutchinson CC... led NJCAA in hit by pitches with 40 to boost his on-base percentage at .538...

At Nebraska

Freshman (2012)

served medical redshirt season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in the Fall of 2012... was on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the Spring of 2013... signed as a first baseman and pitcher...

At Gretna High School

a 2012 first-team All-Central Region pick by Rawlings following senior at Gretna High... named second-team Super State by the Lincoln Journal Star and was a first-team Class B selection by the Omaha World-Herald in 2012... hit .422 as a senior at Gretna with seven doubles, two triples and two homers while driving in 18 runs and scoring 22... also played quarterback and defensive end at Gretna High School helping the Dragons to an 11-1 mark as a senior in 2011...

Personal

son of Doug and Lee Ann Jones...

Statistics

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